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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Sanjay Mecheri Kesavan, Banglore, IN;
Nataraj Nagaratnam, Durham, NC (US);
Lohitashwa Thyagaraj, Banglore, IN;
Sanjay Mecheri Kesavan, Banglore, IN;
Nataraj Nagaratnam, Durham, NC (US);
Lohitashwa Thyagaraj, Banglore, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer usable program product for pre and post purchase identification of counterfeit products in a supply chain are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A customer reference number (CRN) associated with a unit of product is identified. The unit of product has associated therewith a unique set of identifiers including the CRN, a customer acknowledgment number (CAN), and a merchant acknowledgment number (MAN). The CRN is sent to a second application and a message is received from the second application in response to sending the CRN. If the message includes a second CAN that is not the same as the CAN associated with the unit, the unit is determined to be a counterfeit product.